Finger Trainer guide · Page 4 of 5

Ways to practice

Three modes

  • Line by line: one line at a time, with a summary after each. Esc skips to a new line.
  • Timed: 30, 60 or 120 seconds of text that never runs out. Your speed counts only correct keys, and a wrong key doesn't count, so mashing scores nothing. The trainer keeps your best speed for each length. Esc restarts the timer.
  • Perfect run: text that never runs out, until your first mistake ends the run. Your score is the number of keys in a row; the trainer keeps your longest run. Esc starts a new run.

What to practice

  • One stage: click it.
  • Several stages: hold Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) and click each one; click a picked stage again to take it out. Each picked stage gets an equal share of the text.
  • All stages: click Mix all stages.
  • Your weak keys: click Weak keys.
  • One finger's keys: click that finger on the drawn hands. You get words packed with its keys: its letters, plus its numbers and symbols when your chosen stage includes them.

Only a single stage in Line by line passes a stage; combined stages, weak keys and finger drills are for extra practice.